MC Hammer

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1962-03-30 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Oakland, California, USA

Also Known As Stanley Kirk Burrell, Hammer, Hammertime, King Hammer, Hammerman, Kirk Burrell , K.B., M.C. Hammer

MC Hammer

Biography

Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, actor, TV personality, entrepreneur, celebrity spokesperson, and ordained preacher. Known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit", and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography, and his eponymous Hammer pants. A multi-award winner, Hammer is considered a "forefather" and pioneering innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status with his album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. BET ranked Hammer as the No. 7 "Best Dancer of All Time". Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round. He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements, along with participating in social media and ministry/outreach functions. Along with a Mattel doll and other merchandise, Hammer starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991. He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted M.C. Hammer and Friends, a Christian ministry program on TBN. Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was the co-creator of the dance website DanceJam.com, and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime (which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009).

Known For

Actor

Dance Fever

as Self

2024
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Swingin' A's

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017
Beat Shazam

as Self

2016
Zoolander 2

as M.C. Hammer

2013
Uncle Grandpa

as MC Hammer (voice)

2012
Vanilla Ice Archive

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Hammertime

as Self

2005
2005
2003
2002
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's

as Self (archive footage)

2001
Rhapsody

as Wizard

1999
1997
The Right Connections

as Kendrick Bragg

1997
Private Parts

as M.C. Hammer

1997
1997
The View

as Self

1996
Cheyenne

as Haddox

1996
Reggie's Prayer

as Forest Ranger Baker

1996
One Man's Justice

as Dexter Kane

1993
Last Action Hero

as M.C. Hammer

1993
1992
1992
1991
Hammerman

as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell

1990
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie

as Self / Reverend Pressure

1988
Yo! MTV Raps

as Self

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host & Musical Guest

1974
American Music Awards

as Self - Musical Guest

Producer

2009
Hammertime

as Executive Producer

1990

Director

Creator

1991
Hammerman

as Creator